davidsl500
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- R172 250CDI Gone..!, R129 SL500 Gone...
I haven't been using the SL for a while with the weather and workload etc., So last weekend I thought I had better kick it in to life and do an oil change, clean out dizzy caps etc., So I started it and left it running whilst assembling the tools and 5 mins later the engine slowly died. Restarted it and it ran for a few seconds then promptly stopped, same procedure again, turned over fine, ran a few seconds normally and died. At this point I spotted the fuel gauge needle hadn't got off zero.....duh! I left it last time with the fuel gauge on reserve light so it was low and I seem to have run it empty!
The first time I turned on the ignition I did notice the normal hum of the fuel pumps appeared a bit "strained" rather than their pleasant whirr before shutting off as well.
I have ordered up a new fuel filter to fit this weekend (that's different to what is supposed to be as well!) and fingers crossed I have just drawn 22 years of sediment through it.
Do you reckon I am going to get away with the fuel filter swap or is their a possibility that I have trashed the fuel pumps running them dry? Also, is it worth trying to backwash the pumps as the fuel tank connects to them before the fuel filter so they would receive the rubbish first?
The first time I turned on the ignition I did notice the normal hum of the fuel pumps appeared a bit "strained" rather than their pleasant whirr before shutting off as well.
I have ordered up a new fuel filter to fit this weekend (that's different to what is supposed to be as well!) and fingers crossed I have just drawn 22 years of sediment through it.
Do you reckon I am going to get away with the fuel filter swap or is their a possibility that I have trashed the fuel pumps running them dry? Also, is it worth trying to backwash the pumps as the fuel tank connects to them before the fuel filter so they would receive the rubbish first?
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